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In this work we have performed a systematic computation of the homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits associated with the triangular equilibrium points of the restricted three-body problem. Some analytical results are given, related to their number when the mass ratio varies.
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Gómez, G., Llibre, J. & Masdemont, J. Homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions in the restricted three-body problem. Celestial Mechanics 44, 239–259 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01235538
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